nay-saying
See also: naysaying
English
Alternative forms
Noun
nay-saying (plural nay-sayings)
- Negating; denial; the personality trait of contrariness.
- 2000, John F. McGrew and John G. Bilotta, "The effectiveness of risk management: measuring what didn't happen," Management Decision, vol. 38, no. 4, p. 295,
- We need a tool to extract from the risk assessment and intervention contingency tables any bias toward yea-saying or nay-saying.
- 2000, John F. McGrew and John G. Bilotta, "The effectiveness of risk management: measuring what didn't happen," Management Decision, vol. 38, no. 4, p. 295,
References
- “naysaying” in Dictionary.com Unabridged, Dictionary.com, LLC, 1995–present.
- Oxford English Dictionary, 2nd ed., 1989.
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